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Flash player plugin not portable?

Submitted by tonecool on February 12, 2009 - 10:09am

Hello guys i have a little problem.
After i installed Flash plugin for my Firefox some strange files Wink are created outside firefox directory in my WinXP system like this one
"C:\Documents and Settings\Milos\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects\7XUMCVBM\s.ytimg.com\videostats.sol".
Is there any way to make flash player to keep settings in firefox directory?

Opening browser

Submitted by just_james on February 12, 2009 - 9:35am

Ok, anytime I open a link in an email or on Thunderbird, Firfox pops up like it has none of my settings. I have to go open Firefox first, then click on the link to use the portable app as my browser. I have tried multiple times to set Firefox as my default without success. Firefox is not installed on the computer either, just on the flash. Any ideas?

You CAN have multiple users (fairly easily too)

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Submitted by NathanJ79 on February 11, 2009 - 12:00am

It's real simple to have multiple profiles. Just rename your profile folder (in the Data folder) to profile_WHATEVER, make a new folder called profile_OTHERNAME and dump your profile.YourProfileName contents into this new folder. The one you want to use, you drop the _ and everything after it. The profile that's in the folder just called "profile" will be the selected one. A bit of effort, yeah, but a solution.

Need to uninstall Firefox Portable and reinstall on USB flash drive. Windows Vista does not show it as an installed program

Submitted by alanbala on February 9, 2009 - 12:30pm

I inadvertently installed Firefox Portable on my hard drive, when I really wanted to install it on a USB Flash Drive. Both Firefox and Firefox Portable installed on my hard drive. I wanted to start over, so I went to the Vista "Uninstall Program" option and neither were listed as installed programs. How do I get Vista to uninstall, or is there an "Uninstall.exe" file available for Firefox?

Another question — Firefox won't accept the installation of Adobe Flash Player as an add-on. Any suggestions?

Restoring favorites/settings?

Submitted by citrine on February 6, 2009 - 8:44pm

Okay, I know *now* and from two past experiences that an automatic update from Mozilla Portable erases all of the information I've stored in my bookmarks folder. (I *did* try to avoid the update by always selecting "later" when asked; I thought I would have the option of upgrading my Mozilla after all this issues were worked out, as I remembered what a pain in the ass it was last time to lose all of my saved info, but eventually Mozilla updated itself without giving me any choice.)

Flash plugin difficulties

Submitted by kalisana on February 6, 2009 - 8:16am

I tried using "the easy to use Flash installer for FF Portable" but that didn't work.
I tried the extension option but got this error message: "Install script not found-204".
I tried the so-called "geeky method" (copying the NPSWF32.dll file from my hard drive to my USB's FF plugins folder) but that didn't work.
I tried rebooting the browser and the computer each time I tried and retried these methods but that, also, didn't work.
I've spent 4 hours working on this "simple" project for no result, so, how does one watch The Daily Show or Colbert Report without changing browsers?

Won't launch

Submitted by Karkas on February 5, 2009 - 1:12pm

I just downloaded firefox portable and it refuses to launch or crashes before it gets a chance. As soon as I click the firefoxportable.exe link I get a portable apps popup box that looks like some kind of launch window. Then it vanishes and firefox portable never pops up. It's as if I never tried to launch it.

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